Articles filed under Woodland District 50

• Woodland PTA gives scholarships May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Three Warren Township seniors have received scholarships from Woodland Elemetnary District 50's Parent-Teacher Association.
  

   
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  Prairie Crossing students find body on camping tripMay 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Prairie Crossing Charter School seventh-graders returned home early from a spring camping trip to a Wisconsin state park after finding a woman's body at the bottom of a 100-foot overlook. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials are investigating the 56-year-old woman's death that occurred Thursday at Devil's Lake State Park near Baraboo.
  

   

• D50 band sign-up meetings May 10, 2012 12:00 AM
  The fifth grade beginning band mandatory signup meetings have been scheduled in May and August at Intermediate School, 1115 N. Hunt Club Road, Gurnee.
  

   

• Mann Award nominees sought: May 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50 is seeking help from parents and community members to recognizing an outstanding teacher by nominating him or her for the Alan Mann Tribute to Excellence in Education Award.
  

   
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  Students noted for essays on favorite teachers May 1, 2012 12:00 AM
  Two local students were honored by Barnes & Noble for essays about their favorite teachers. Dakota Lyons, a second-grade student from Butterfield School in Libertyville wrote about her teacher, Erin Koehlhoeffer, and Joi Freeman a seventh-grader at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee, won for her essay about Matthew Lakemacher.
  

   

• Woodland Elementary East is hosting toy drive for kids Apr 30, 2012 12:00 AM
  Woodland Elementary East will host its fourth annual "Fill a Bus" toy drive to benefit the patients of Children's Memorial Hospital.
  

   
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  Gurnee students inspire Leno for “Tonight Show” comedy bit Apr 27, 2012 12:00 AM
  Fourth graders at Woodland Intermediate in Gurnee got a surprise Tuesday afternoon, when Jay Leno called Teresa Glancy's classroom to let them know their class language arts project inspired a comedy bit airing that night on The Tonight Show.
  

   

• Shoe collection project: Apr 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  The students of Woodland Elementary West are again participating in the Nike Grind shoe collection as part of an all-school Earth Day project.
  

   

• Woodland drama club presents: Apr 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  Woodland Middle Schools Drama Club will present Nothing But the Truth at 7:30 p.m., April 20 and 6 p.m., April 21 at the Middle School, 7000 Washington St., Gurnee.
  

   

• Prairie Crossing library dedication Monday Apr 13, 2012 12:00 AM
  Prairie Crossing Charter School in Grayslake will dedicate a new environmental library Monday.
  

   

• Woodland Foundation hosts auction Apr 5, 2012 12:00 AM
  Woodland Educational Foundation will hold a fourth benefit auction at 7 p.m. April 28 at Hunt Club Park Community Center, 920 N. Hunt Club Road in Gurnee. Auction proceeds will support requests from Woodland staff to fund innovative projects, technology and increased opportunities with the arts, science and extracurricular activities.
  

   

• Woodland science fair success Mar 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Some Woodland Elementary District 50 middle school students will participate in a science fair state competition May 5 at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
  

   
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  Fired principal sues Prairie Crossing Charter School Mar 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  Former Prairie Crossing Charter School principal Brian Greene has filed a lawsuit contending his firing in December was based on false claims against him by Director Nigel Whittington and two others. Greenes attorney, Anthony Esposito of Libertyville, filed the suit Tuesday in Lake County circuit court.
  

   
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  An array of brain operations is at work to trigger your memory Mar 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  Students in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodlands Middle School in Gurnee asked, "Why do people forget things and then remember them when they're not thinking about them?" and "How and why do our brains perceive color the way they do?"
  

   

• Woodland PTA scholarships available: Mar 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  Woodland Elementary District 50's Parent Teacher Association is taking college scholarship applications from students who attended the Gurnee-based school system.
  

   

• New Townline principal: Feb 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Hawthorn Townline Elementary school will welcome Victoria Kieffer as new principal beginning this fall replacing current principal Karen Cencula who is retiring
  

   

• Spring musical in Dist. 50: Feb 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Woodland Intermediate School hosts its spring musical, “Aladdin” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 and 24 at the school’s multipurpose room, 1115 N. Hunt Club Road, Gurnee.
  

   

• Spring musical in D50: Feb 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  Woodland Intermediate School hosts its spring musical, “Aladdin” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 and 24 at the school’s multipurpose room, 1115 N. Hunt Club Road, Gurnee.
  

   

• Dist. 50 fun fair Feb 13, 2012 12:00 AM
  Woodland Parent Teacher Association’s annual Fun Fair is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 25 at Elementary East, 17261 W. Gages Lake Road, Gages Lake.
  

   

• Woodland preparing for kindergarten registration Feb 9, 2012 12:00 AM
  Woodland Elementary District 50 is gearing up for its annual kindergarten registration.